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Storage, Condition, and What to Ask Your Importer
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Storage, Condition, and What to Ask Your Importer

The most common method in specialty coffee — and why it matters more than you might think.

Does green coffee packaging actually affect cup quality? Short answer: yes. Here’s why it matters more than you might think.

You’ve seen the terms on bags, menus, and green coffee offerings. Single origin. Blend. Microlot. They get used a lot and sometimes interchangeably

Ethiopia is widely recognized as the birthplace of coffee, discovered by a goat herder named Kaldi during the 9th Century.

As we continue our series discussing processing methods, the next is carbonic maceration, a somewhat newer processing method that is gaining popularity.

Imagine securing incredible high quality specialty lots, shipping them, only to find upon arrival, after cupping, they are sitting a few points below your initial scores based on pre-shipment samples. This could likely be due to water activity being too high.

Most of us spent a lot of time and money buying our favourite products or household necessities online during the pandemic. Things like coffee, equipment, technology or even food. . Some of us probably even picked up a new hobby and spent far too much money on the gear to get set up.

Whether you’re new to the wonderful world of coffee or are a seasoned coffee enthusiast looking for a refresh, we thought it would be helpful to answer one of the most common questions: What is specialty coffee?

It is green coffee buying season right now which means we are busy assessing, evaluating and cupping a range of new coffees from a variety of origins. We thought this would be a great
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